Cuomo signs special-ed, animal-abuse, judge bills

Governor vetoes sparkler sales, postpartum rule

6:15 AM,
Dec. 20, 2013

Written by

Jon Campbell
Journal Albany bureau

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed 35 bills into law late Wednesday and vetoed 33 others, approving legislation to increase oversight of special-education providers while rejecting the legalization of sparklers and other small fireworks.

Other measures signed into law Wednesday aim to ease requirements for a business tax credit for hiring high-school students, modernize state laws that govern nonprofits and require manufacturers to collect old mercury thermostats.

The bills were some of the last Cuomo will face in 2013. Only 11 of the 650 bills passed by both houses of the Legislature this year ...